Technical Delivery Manager (Lead), Customer and Credit Origination

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices.

Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values — Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

UOB Innovation Hub 2 (InnoHub 2) is a newly set up technology centre located in Kuala Lumpur as part of UOB Group Technology and Operations to deliver innovative financial technology solutions that enable business growth and technology transformation. 

About the Department

The Technology and Operations function is comprised of five teams of specialists with distinct capabilities: business partnership, technology, operations, risk governance and planning support and services. We work closely together to harness the power of technology to support our physical and digital banking services and operations. This includes developing, centralising and standardising technology systems as well as banking operations in Singapore and overseas branches.

Job Responsibilities

•    Project Technical Delivery Manager to lead and manage a team of internal staff and external vendors for the Wealth application technical delivery of business solutions and new system capabilities.
•    Lead pre-project planning activities for technical delivery (eg. Technical delivery plan/approach, cost estimation, resource plan).
•    Plan technical deliverables (including any system enhancements and upgrades) to meet project’s requirements within allocated budget and schedule.
•    Plan & collaborate across different application teams to manage technical dependencies of the solution.
•    Plan, monitor and manage risks/issues related to technical delivery.
•    Provide status update related to technical delivery.
•    Partner with System Analysts and Business Solution Specialist to collate, understand and finalize functional and technical requirements.
•    Partner with Architects and Development Leads to ensure solution design complies with enterprise design principles, security and control standards.
•    Partner with Development Managers in managing application teams to build the enhancements.
•    Partner with Test Manager to ensure completion of System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), performance / load testing and application security testing with quality results.
•    Manage technical implementation plan across application teams - coordinate technical implementation activities across application teams to ensure non-event production cutover and adequate post implementation support.
•    Develop and maintain documentation adhering to organizational templates, policies, and standards.
•    Escalate issues that impacts project schedule on timely basis and propose workarounds/resolutions.
•    Ensure all the audit documentations are done on time.

Job Requirements

The ideal candidate will be a dependable and resourceful technology management professional who can comfortably work in a large development organization in a globally distributed, dynamic work environment that fosters diversity, teamwork, and collaboration. He/she should be passionate about Technology and have a mindset to be technically hands-on if needed. Well-versed in the latest trends, especially around disruptive technology, and proven record in execution. The ability to work and thrive in high pressure environment is essential.
•    Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar domain. Related professional/technical qualification will be advantageous although not mandatory. 
•    More than 10 years’ leadership experience in developing and delivering global/regional IT capabilities for a multi-national/regional company.
•    More than 5 years of leadership experience in managing IT delivery teams.
•    Experience in communicating with technical stakeholders.
•    Experienced in banking industry, Wealth Management, Oracle SQL and Java will be a plus point.
•    Experience in implementing large-scale, highly available applications or other large project implementation.
•    Proven result-oriented person with a focus on delivery.
•    Experience in actual systems development work, with prior coding, functional specifications and technical specifications and systems development and testing experience (in aggregate no less than 8 years).
•    Good understanding and experience in software development cycle.
•    Highly effective communicating with technical stakeholders, proficient communicating with non-technical stakeholders.
•    Good problem solving, analytical, synthesis, system thinking and solutioning skills.

Be a part of UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

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